Athlon Rangecraft Chronograph at S&S Archery

[WolverinesFan]

I got a product in-stock notification from Midway today. They're showing it as in stock and "ships today" on their website now so it looks like products are actually landing at some vendors.

MidwayUSA pricing went up today. Now showing $399.99 and no stock. Had a notification setup, but didn't get it. Assuming there are tons of people waiting for them on there.

 

[HighUintas]

MidwayUSA pricing went up today. Now showing $399.99 and no stock. Had a notification setup, but didn't get it. Assuming there are tons of people waiting for them on there.

I'm guessing it was either an error on their website, or they sold out already. I was on there looking at it earlier and could have bought one

 

[HairyScandinavian]

MidwayUSA pricing went up today. Now showing $399.99 and no stock. Had a notification setup, but didn't get it. Assuming there are tons of people waiting for them on there.

Yeah they must have sold out afterwards, they were in stock a good while. EuroOptic will let you backorder them for $350 still, and if you email sales guy Tyler they'll let you do it for $299.

 

[badshot]

Do you have Tyler's email address at Euro optics? I was on the fence because once I heard delays I wasn't sure when I'd actually see the unit but if it's before the end of May I'm in.

 

[HairyScandinavian]

Do you have Tyler's email address at Euro optics? I was on the fence because once I heard delays I wasn't sure when I'd actually see the unit but if it's before the end of May I'm in.

Sorry to be vague, it's just [email protected] and the sales guy was Tyler Williams. He reached out to me because I'd left it in my cart without checking out. They'll hit you with relatively high shipping and tax of course as well.

 

[Mattyq17]

I placed an order with Eurooptic last week online even though it said backordered. Was listed at $350 but total with shipping was $342 and got a call today saying they should be in this week, and they would ship out soon, if they got enough in to cover all orders.

 

[Schmo]

So Rob is either trying to figure out how to break it to us that it’s absolutely junk, or during range time, it randomly exploded like an Olight, and he’s no longer with us. What’s your bet?

 

[Dobeman887]

MidwayUSA pricing went up today. Now showing $399.99 and no stock. Had a notification setup, but didn't get it. Assuming there are tons of people waiting for them on there.

If I remember correctly, I didn't place a pre-order with them because it was listed at $399 like a month ago. I think Optics Planet still has them for $350-I put in a pre-order with them and I checked yesterday and my unit should ship in a couple weeks.

 

[WolverinesFan]

If I remember correctly, I didn't place a pre-order with them because it was listed at $399 like a month ago. I think Optics Planet still has them for $350-I put in a pre-order with them and I checked yesterday and my unit should ship in a couple weeks.

I did the same thing yesterday and pre-ordered at Optics Planet. Was still showing $349. I believe I had a 7-10 day shipping date. Fingers crossed!

 

[S&S Archery (Rob)]

Excellent. Does that mean shipping product is in process or will be shortly?

Yes, we will have the bulk of our shipment on Monday, and should be able to have them all shipped by Wednesday.

 

[S&S Archery (Rob)]

So Rob is either trying to figure out how to break it to us that it’s absolutely junk, or during range time, it randomly exploded like an Olight, and he’s no longer with us. What’s your bet?

Patience! We just finished filming and will have the video posted later today. Spoiler: we like it

 

[HairyScandinavian]

Patience! We just finished filming and will have the video posted later today. Spoiler: we like it

Patience? LOL you're funny.

 

[Schmo]

Patience! We just finished filming and will have the video posted later today. Spoiler: we like it

Well, patience isn’t necessarily our strong point.

 

[Willie IV]

Well, patience isn’t necessarily our strong point.

 

[S&S Archery (Rob)]

As promised.. thanks for your "patience"! Ha!

And be gentle, we cut a few corners getting this out quickly.

 

[Willie IV]

Excellent! Can't wait to get my hands on it. Thanks for posting.

 

[Schmo]

Thanks @S&S Archery (Rob) !

 

[Shooter45]

Thank you S&S Archery for the great info you put out.

 

[jml49]

Thank you for the informative video.

 

[TheCougar]

As promised.. thanks for your "patience"! Ha!

And be gentle, we cut a few corners getting this out quickly.

Can you guys do another round of testing with multiple Athlons? The 15fps error is unacceptable, particularly on archery... I get that it's a small deviation at those speeds, but for archery it isn't a small deviation. Plus the principle of the thing. I'm hoping you just had a bad unit. Did you reach out to Athlon and ask them what gives? I have to imagine that they tested these things and found them to be accurate enough to go toe to to with the Garmin. If it can't do the one thing it is supposed to do with a high degree of accuracy, then I can't trust it for building dope and messing with my arrow set up.